Cordileone to Newsmax: Pope Francis Brought Jesuit Spirit Into Papacy

Pope Francis’ papacy “was based on the values and vision of the founder of his order” and he “brought the Jesuit spirit” into it, says Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.

“He’s always emphasizing the margins. Going out to the peripheries. Jesuits are the ones who go out to the far fringe peripheries to reach the people out there and bring them back in. So, he very much lived that Jesuit spirit and the way he lived out the papacy,” Cordileone told Newsmax TV’s “Saturday Report.”

“He also spoke about his decision to move to the Santa Marta residence from the Apostolic Palace as the reason.

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